Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-07-16
"G00SETOWNS' POLAKS.
THE HEBREW CITY WHICH LIES WITHIN THE METROPOLIS.

A Home Life That Borden. on the Hor-
 rible-Living Upon the Cheapest and
 Poorest Food in the Market-Ihe Po-
 lak's Characteristics.
 Home life among the Polaks is a hor- TOT. A family will occupy an apartment or three rooms, and in the largest will board and lodge from five tO ten guests. These are supplied with heavy padded toVerlet for a mattress and a wooden tootrest for a bolster. The pillow is the guests coat and vest rolled up. In the morning he receives bowl of coffee made from coffee refuse and a chunk of coarse rye bread. For these accommOda- uons he pays S1 week. If he desires milk. sugar and butter he pays extra or supplies himself. The latter course is pursued by tailors and cobblers, who keep these food accessories in battered tin cans or cracked jars, beneath their bolster and coverlet.
 An aristocratic boarding house in GooSetOwn consists of a flat of four rooms. In one the landlords family sleep; second is kitchen, dining room and sitting room combined; the third and fourth are guests rooms, and nccOmmO- date from ten to twenty bOSrlers. The rates are $2 week. For this sum the guest has princely bed, consisting of a thin straw mattress. a cOverlgt and a fOOtrest pillow. His breakfast is coffee and either bread or roll. His dinner, soup, boiled beef and potatoes, bread and stew-d dried apples or stewed spoiled fruit. When the Polaks are new corners the rooms are generally filthy and foul smelling When they have been here a number of years they generally learn the beauty of cleanliness and keep their apartments as neat and clean as the average tenement householder.
 OTHER NODES OF LIVING
 Another mode of living might he styled club life. A number of Polaks hire a room from a householder. who acss as landlord, janitor and watchman They supply their own sleeping conveniences, a second d-hand stove and few kitchen utensils. When night comes each mem Der of the club cooks his meal in his own pan. The odOrs that arise from the mix ture of fish. chicken fat, beef. goose grease, onion, garlic and Hamburger cheese may be imagined but can not be described
 In their eating the Mosaic law is obeyed NO Allf NEIN ANAANIa l4t NGAs EAaLls NN~LNTs scallOp, crab and lobster are auathema So is the hog in every shape The taboo extends to any food fried in lard. tO fish chowder in which bacon is used as flavor, and even tO pies and pastry where lard has been used to tighten the dough. As substitute for lard they use chicken fat, goose grease, beef drippings and oleOmargarine. The last named article had gruwn unpopular since the best but ter substitutes contained neutral lard "
 The foods are the cheapest and poorest that can be bought in the market The shank and neck of the animal are favor ties. These are boiled till the bones arc ready tO drop out The latter are re- moved, cracked and thrown back into the pot. The meat is removed, put under a heavy stone to be compressed and al lowed to cool When cold it becomes solid and is cut and served in long slices. Freshness is matter of little account, cheapness is everything. Spoiled meat and putrid fish find multitudes of buyers in GoOsctown when offered for sale at less than cents n pound. The board Of health makes seizures of these foods every week, but the supply continues nevertheless.
 RESTRICTIVE OF DECEHCy.
 The crowding is utterly destructive of modesty, decency and the family ties. The boariers dress and undrcSs before each other and before the landlords fam fly It is not uncommon for half dozen families to occupy one apartment and 10 herd together, married and single, young and old As result vice is very preva lent. Young men learn how easy it is to get along alone, and start lives of de- bauchery
 Capt Williams, of sse New York police, estimates that in the past ten years Goose town has added 20O0 to the countless roll of lost women.
 The avarice of the Polak is monumen- tai He will make his family herd like beasts, work with him sixteen hours of the twenty-fOur, live upon the cheapest fare and dress in the poorest cast of clothing long after he has accumulated a fortune No greater surprise can he eX- perienced than tO see the wife and daugh- ters Of one of them issue from their vile tenement on a holiday. The night pre- vious they were n rags. slipshod and frOwsy Now they are at;ircd in the heaviest Lyons silk and sparkling with iewelry and diamonds. There are prOha- bly 2.ODJ wives in GOoSetown who own more than j.CCO worth Of Jewelry apiece This IS regarded not as a luxury or as os- tentation, but as a wise and safe invest ment of so much money.
 The Polak Is litigioUs and vindictive. When his wrath is once aroused he dis plays a power of deviltry truly surpass ing. The records of the police courts show such curious freaks of malice as squirt ing vitriOl from a hOuSctOp upon linen hanging out to dry, putting live eels in a devOut Jews bedroom. filling a lock and keyhOle with tinfOil when the occupant was in bed, painting the head of a sleep ing foe with pitch or red paint, setting fire to a mans apartments and having him arrested for arson, and issuing cards an enemy's home as house of i'll fame. Incidents like these are of daily occurrence and swell the business of the Tombs and other tribunals to q great extent
 The Polak is grateful. He remembers a friend or an act of friendship through his life. He is also hoSpitable. To friend or stranger who enters his gates he is courteous and offers what he has. They are affectionate, and within their religion F. s. Fales in Kansas City Times.